diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69061cb4f..78cf91014 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ to behave like `helm-find-files`, such as multifile selection and opening or del
   buffers by name
 * New `defcustom` `projectile-globally-ignored-file-suffixes` allows
   you to globally ignore files with particular extensions
+* Use file-truename when caching filenames to prevent
+  duplicate/symlinked filepaths from appearing when opening a project
+  file,
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/projectile.el b/projectile.el
index 8e506349d..a81d52a96 100644
--- a/projectile.el
+++ b/projectile.el
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ The cache is created both in memory and on the hard drive."
   "Add the currently visited file to the cache."
   (interactive)
   (let* ((current-project (projectile-project-root))
-         (abs-current-file (buffer-file-name (current-buffer)))
+         (abs-current-file (file-truename (buffer-file-name (current-buffer))))
          (current-file (file-relative-name abs-current-file current-project)))
     (when (gethash (projectile-project-root) projectile-projects-cache)
       (unless (or (projectile-file-cached-p current-file current-project)